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Milne, Colin.

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A botanical dictionary: or, Elements of systematic and philosophical botany.

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Soulsby no. 32,Soulsby no. 654

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London

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1770

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(8o)

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English

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Milne, Colin, 1743-1815.

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A botanical dictionary, or, elements of systematic and philosophical botany. Containing descriptions of the parts of plants; an explanation of the scientific terms used by Morison, Ray, Tournefort, Linnæus, and other eminent botanists; a brief analysis of the principal systems in botany; a critical enquiry into the merits and defects of the Linnaean method of arrangement, and distribution of the genera; descriptions of the various tribes, or natural families of plants, their habit and structure, virtues, sensible qualities, and œconomical uses; an impartial examination of the doctrine of the sex of plants; with a discussion of several curious questions in the vegetable oeconomy, connected with gardening. The whole forming a complete system of botanical knowledge, calculated for the use of students in that science / by Colin Milne.

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Soulsby no. 32

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Printed for William Griffin

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London

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1770

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[445 p.] : ill., 2 folded leaves, 9 plates ; 20 cm.

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English

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Text in unnumbered columns.

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NHM BOTANY - Bound in at the rear: 'A Supplement to the botanical dictionary : containing ample descriptions of several curious plants, chiefly Asiatic, with their uses in medicine, in domestic oeconomy and in the arts,' 1778.

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Linné, Carl von,
1707-1778

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Termini botanici
Philosophia botanica

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9915368002081

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Duplicate Soulsby no. 654
By permission of the Trustees of The Natural History Museum (London).
NHM BOTANY - Height is 19 cm.
NHM BOTANY - Rebound in black half-leather and blue buckram. Gold tooling on spine and covers.
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Milne, Colin, 1743 or 1744-1815.

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A botanical dictionary, or, Elements of systematic and philosophical botany ... / by Colin Milne.

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Elements of systematic and philosophical botany.

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Soulsby no. 32.,Soulsby no. 654.,Soulsby no. 32, 654.

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Printed for W. Griffin

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London

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1770

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1 v. (unpaged), 9 leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill. ; 19 cm.

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English

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Includes index.

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Plants Dictionaries
Botany Dictionaries
Dictionaries. lcgft

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ocm10201419

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Bound with: Supplement to the botanical dictionary ... / by Colin Milne. London : Printed for T. Lowndes, 1778.

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Milne, Colin (1743 or 4-1815)

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A botanical dictionary : or, Elements of systematic and philosophical botany / by Colin Milne.

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Soulsby no.:

Soulsby no. 32,Soulsby no. 654

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W. Griffin

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London

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1770

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[451]p. ; 18 cm.

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English

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Dictionaries
Botany

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ocm10201419

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Milne, Colin (1744?-1815).

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A botanical dictionary : or elements of systematic and philosophical botany. : Containing descriptions of the parts of plants; an explanation of the scientific terms used by Morison, Ray, Tournefort, Linnaeus, and other eminent botanists; a brief analysis of the principal systems in botany; a critical enquiry into the merits and defects of the Linnaean method of arrangement, and distribution of the genera; descriptions of the various tribes, or natural families of plants, their habit and structure, virtues, sensible qualities, and oeconomical uses; an impartial examination of the doctrine of the sex of plants; with a discussion of several curious questions in the vegetable oeconomy, connected with gardening. The whole forming a complete system of botanical knowledge, calculated for the use of students in that science / by Colin Milne.

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Soulsby no.:

Soulsby no. 32

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William Griffin

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London

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1770

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Pp. [iv], [452] : illus., charts ; 17.8 cm.

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English

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Full imprint statement: London: Printed for William Griffin, in Catharine-Street, Strand. MDCCLXX.

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Scrap of R.H.S. headed note-paper loosely inserted with pencilled notes on the collation of this work. Front pastedown bears engraved armorial bookplate of Henry Ibbetson / St. Anthonys. Inscription in black ink on front free endpaper: "Jno. W. Lambton[?] / Grt. Grandson / of / Henry Ibbetson". Engraved heraldic bookplate of Henry Ibbetson, St. Anthonys, on front paste-down.

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Botany
18th century.
Classification system: Linnaeus.
Dictionaries

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First Duke (of the third creation)
Northumberland, Hugh Percy,
(1715-1786)
Ibbetson, Henry

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William Griffin (London, England)

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Bound in brown calf, the spine with 5 raised bands, black label and gilt tooling. Brown ribbon marker intact. Inserted in wrapper 2013.
Imperfect: due to trimming, some text is lost but this is minimal and only affects a few pages.